Game device



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J. w. cULP GAME DEVICE Filed Allg. 6, 1923 Patented .luiy 8, 192%.-

JOI-IN CULI?, 0F JOHNSTQWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application filed August 6, 1823. Serial No. 655,907.

To all .whomf'z't may 00n0ern.'

Be it known that I, JOI-1N WT. CULP, citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Johns town, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Graine Devices, of which the following is a specification.

In carrying out the present invention it is my purpose to provide a chance device wherein the well known game of dice may be played in such a manner as to relieve this game of any personal skill on the part of the players thereof, the device being entirely a game of chance.

A still further purpose of this invention is the provision of such a chance device that is extremely simple and durable of construction, and one that may be manufactured and marketed at a relatively small cost, the device comprising relatively few parts being co-related in such a manner as to reduce the possibility of disarrangement to a minimum.

With the above and other objects in view, as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same comprises the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts shown in the accompanying drawings and set forth in the following specification and claims. f

In the drawing, 'wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout Figures 1 and 2, and wherein,

Figure 1 is a vertical cross section of my novel chance device.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section, taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure l, and

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 of a slightly modified form of the present invention.

First, having particular reference to Figures l and 2, my novel chance device embodies a hollow substantially egg shaped element 5 that includes a pair of sections 6 and 7 respectively, the meeting edges are rabbeted as more clearly shown in Figure l and are secured through the medium of,

water glass or transparent cement.

The sections of this egg shaped member are of transparent glass, Celluloid, or other suitable material, the lowermost section 7 being Weighted at its bottom end as at 8 whereby the device will normally assume an upright position as shown in Figure l.

Secured in position between the sections 6 and 7 is a discy 9 of; metal or any .other suitable material, the top surface thereof being formed with ribs l0 that radiate from the central portion of said disc for thereby dividing this disc into V-shaped rest places. As is shown in Figure 2, there are six of these ribs and the spaces therebetween are numbered from one to six respectively.

The chance device also comprises a pair o-f balls 11 that rest upon said disc 9, it being of course at once apparent that when this chance device is tilted and released, the same will wobble back and forwards, the balls 1l rolling upon said disc 9 and immediately upon the device assuming an upright position, the balls 11 will naturally come to rest within certain of the spaces provided by the ribs 10, and the total of the numbers upon the spaces occupied by said balls will be'the point that that particular player is to make.

In the modification, Figure 3, the device includes a disc 9 upon which rests a pair of dice ll, it being of course apparent that when the device wobbles these dice will have a rolling movement upon said disc 9 for thereby bringing into view the dierent numbers upon the sides of said dice.

In view of the above, it will at once be seen that I have provided a highly novel and simplified form of chance device wherein the well known .game of dice may be played and even though I have as herein set forth the most practical embodiment of the invention with which I am at the present time familiar, it is nevertheless to be understood that other modifications may be had as well as minor changes in the construction of the device without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a game device of the character set forth, a hollow and transparent egg shaped member weighted at its lower end whereby said member normally assumes an upright position, a supporting plate within said member, and a pair of game pieces movable thereon for purposes described.

2. In a chance device of the character set forth, a hollow and transparent egg shaped member weighted at its lower end whereby said member normally assumes an upright position, said member comprising a pair of half sections integrally jointed together, a

supporting plate positioned betweenrsaid half Sections, and a pair of game pieces movable upon said plate for purposes described. v

3. A chance device of the character set forth comprising a hollow and transparent egg shaped member weighted at its lower end whereby said device normally assumes en upright position, a supportingplate Within l0 said member, radiating ridges formed upon the top face 0f said plat-e for dividing the same into a plurality of spaces, said spaces being numbered consecutively, and a pair of game pieces supported upon said plate and adapted t0 occupy the spaces between said ridges when the member comes t0 a stop after having been wobbled.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

JOHN W. CULP. 

